Not aligned to any particular group or faction, the new Left Book Club launches in September with its first book – fittingly, one seeking to make sense of the situation in Greece. Anna Minton and Conrad Landin report

The Tories’ problem with the BBC is purely ideological. In the free-market fundamentalism to which they subscribe, only the private sector, unregulated markets and cut-throat competition can provide progress, argues BEN COWLES

By 1965 Bob Dylan was becoming weary of being identified as a protest singer and did not appear at any more public protests. STEVE JOHNSON looks at the context challenging the view that music should never be about the struggle for a better life